Sports flash-back: From the archives of the Herald Times …

€The Otsegos wrapped up their 1970 baseball season with a 4-0 win over Harbor Springs no the Petoskey diamond Sunday.

The win gave the Otsegos a 20-2 record for the season, and the biggest win ever over rival Harbor Springs.

The game, a make-up game caused by a 0-0 tie a few weeks back on the Harbor diamond, officially gave the Otsegos the Northern Michigan Boy's League title.

Tom Johnson, pitching his final game in an Otsego uniform, allowed only two hits in the contest and had fine support by his teammates as they rocked Don Engle for five hits.

Randy Rich scored in the second inning to give the locals a 1-0 lead. Otsego came back in the third with three more runs on five hits to put the game on ice. In that inning, consecutive hits by Steve Johnson, Dana Hird, Tom Johnson and Dave Hackelberg started the rally. The other hit in the inning came from Rich. Engle was knocked out of the box in that frame, and Wayne Gasco finished the game, giving up four more hits.

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Harbor Springs never threatened in the game as only three of their men reached base. The only hits off Johnson were a second inning double by Engle and a sixth inning single by John Gasco.

€Coach Bob Powell, starting his fourth year as head coach of the Gaylord High football team announced the opening day of football practice as Aug. 24th. The first week of practice will be conditioning only, with no contact. Under the new MHSAA rules, schools can have one additional week of practice this year as long as they devote it to conditioning. Gaylord opens its 1970 football season on Sept. 18 on the Rogers City gridiron.

August 18, 1988 -

€The Johannesburg-Lewiston Board of Education has appointed Rick Guild as athletic director for the school district.

Guild has been with the district since 1975. He teaches math, computers and science at the middle school.

He has coached the girls' varsity basketball team for 13 years with a 208-74 record. He has led the team to five conference titles, six district titles, and one state quarterfinal appearance.

Last year, he was chosen to coach an international sports exchange girls' basketball team that toured Germany and Austria.

Guild has also coached the boys' varsity baseball team for the past 12 years.

With a 189-77 record, the team has earned three conference, two district and one regional title and was named a state finalist in 1983.

€The Carlyle Paddles softball team from Gaylord became district 14 champs by defeating Cheboygan 10-7.

District 14 consisted of all the Lower Peninsula north of and including Gaylord. Carlyle is a Class D team.

Sue Sepura was voted most valuable player in the final game against Drs. A &A. Carlyle defeated Larks Lake Lions of Petoskey, 8-7, in the opening game. Debbie Zelek was voted MVP.